Monday’s Game

- The Brewers were cruising Monday through six innings and led the game 7-0 going into the bottom of the seventh. Then things got interesting. The Cardinals were able to bat around in the seventh, scoring four times on two two-run homers. The Brewers defense kind of broke down. Prince Fielder committed his first error of the year. Mat Gamel, who earlier made a highlight-reel play at third, had an error on a relatively routine play. Mark DeFelice gave up two runs, one earned. Luckily they were able to limit the damage in big part thanks to Mitch Stetter’s strikeout of Chris Duncan to end that inning.

- The big news of the game was Gamel. He did have an error, but also made a fantastic play on defense. Oh, and he went 1-for-3 at the plate with a walk and a three-run homer—his first big league home run.

- In equally big news, Jason Kendall recorded his 2,000th hit in his first at-bat Monday. He later hit No. 2,001. Impressive offensive numbers, especially for a catcher.

- Ryan Braun made two great plays on defense.

- Braden Looper gave up only one earned run in six innings. He likely should/could have stayed in the game, but the errors hurt him.

- Carlos Villanueva pitched two scoreless innings, including four strikeouts, to finish off the game.

- With the loss of Weeks, it will be interesting to see the move(s) that Doug Melvin will make. It looks as though little guy Craig Counsell will see the majority of time at second base. At least to begin with. Triple-A Nashville second baseman Hernan Iribarren will likely be called up Tuesday. Iribarren has had a good start this year. Nashville shortstop Alcides Escobar will reportedly see time at second base in Nashville. Don’t be surprised if he gets called up sometime around mid-year, depending on how things play out.

Also, don’t forget that Ray Durham and Mark Grudzielanek are currently still unsigned. They both had good years off the bench last season.

- RFB’s Tyler was quoted in this Deadspin article about how much the Happy Youngster sucks at life and Brewers fans generally hate him. The original quote is on May 15 In the News post.

- RFB’s Jared talks fantasy baseball at Fantasy Baseball Hot Stove. I would talk about how Jared’s team sucks right now, but it looks like my team could be starting to take an epic crapper, so I’ll shut up about it.

- Check out this slideshow of the oddest names in Brewers history. Most aren’t that odd.

- Brewers top pitching prospect Jeremy Jeffress has been terrible so far this year at Double-A Huntsville. Damn, I can’t believe I just linked Tom Haudricourt’s frickin’ Twitter. What is this world coming to?

- Another idiot Chicago writer. Who’d imagine that? Chuckie Hacks takes it to him. What Chuckie didn’t address was the author's comments regarding the Cubs: “If Carlos Zambrano and Aramis Ramirez ere healthy, Cubs would be ahead of Brewers.” The Brewers are two games up on the Cubs. First, it's absurd to assume two guys would make a two-game difference in the short time that they’ve missed. Second, Zambrano hasn’t even been very good this year. Who’s to say he wouldn’t have cost the Cubs games? Chicago “journalists” never cease to amaze me.